Noble, LA
Noble wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Noble at the 58th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 181 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Noble at the 59th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
181 buildings are counted in Noble, and 84% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Noble against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Noble's 58th national percentile and its 73rd percentile inside Louisiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Noble ranks 13,143 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,585 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 133 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Noble's elevated wildfire rating (58th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Noble
With 84% of Noble in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 181 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Noble. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Noble, see the exposure-zones guide.